Purpose:
The purpose of this article is to examine the challenges and benefits presented by search engine visibility for public libraries. The article outlines the preliminary results of a pilot study investigating search ...

The world’s oceans are a critical part of the Earth system. Sound knowledge and understanding of the oceans is essential for mitigating human impacts on the global environment and for promoting sustainable economic use of ...

The paper discusses (a) the ethical dimensions of creating catalogue records to reflect user convenience, (b) the relationship between culture and user convenience, and (c) how social discovery tools can facilitate the ...

If the public library catalogue is to continue to have relevance to its
users, it needs to move beyond its current inventory model, where all
content is designed and controlled by library staff and client interaction
with ...

Reports on a study funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada that has been exploring ways to visualize and understand the development of print
culture in Canada during the 18th-19th centuries. ...

Discusses the possibilities for using geographic information systems (GIS) in book
history research. Developed in Canada during the 1960's, GIS provides a means of
storing and analyzing spatial data from many different ...